Police Search Storage Unit for Evidence of Child Rapist/Murderer

Police searched a self-storage unit in North Port, Fla., earlier this month for a video that may contain footage of the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl. A confidential informant directed police to a unit containing explicit videos, one of which may be of Coralrose Fullwood, whose body was found near her home on Sept. 17, 2006. Police are still going through the unit’s contents.

The searched unit, at North Port Self Storage, belonged to Edward Chinnici. In addition to numerous tapes, police found cameras, cell phones and computer discs. They are working with the informant, who said he watched Chinnici videotape criminal acts with children, one of whom he believed to be Coralrose.

Chinnici has not yet been charged. His wife, Cynthia, was charged in March the sale of cocaine. While in jail, she called the self-storage facility to ask whether the rent was up to date. The employee indicated it was paid until June 7. Police raided the unit on June 10.